Display wardrobe-cabinet.



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DISPLAY WARDROBE'UABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1909.

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DISFLAY WARDROBE CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1909.

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i SAMUEL Il. YOUNG, TRUSTEE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DISPLAY WABDROBE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed September 22, 1909.` Serial No. 519,089.

To all whom it may concern Be it known t at I, JOHN HOFMAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain vnew and useful Improvements in Display I'YardrObe-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specication, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to store fixtures and has for its object to provide an improved form of cabinet adapted for oo ntaining garments or other articles for display or storage which is equipped with a door, ordoors, mounted upon carriages supported from the ioor of the cabinet and so mounted thatthey may, when opened, be inserted therein, the parts thereof being arranged to occupy a minimum space in the cabinet and so designed as to adapt them particularly for use in glass show cases.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the parts shown therein. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line l0*- 10X of Fig. 3, the door being in open position. Fig'. 6 is a similar view showing the position the parts assume when the door is closed.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

A display cabinet containing devices constructed in accordance with my invention is preferably so constructed that its four sides and top may be fitted with glass plates or panels providing a clear view of the contents of the cabinet, 4one of its sides being provided with a door or doors opening outwardly and mounted upon carriages guided within the casing, whereby the doors mav be moyed rearwardly into the cabinet, thu's obv'iating the occupying of floor space and failitating access to the interior of the cabine.

h The display case or cabinet which I have illustrated to show thepreferred arrangement of the various parts comprises a rectangular base 'or floor 1 provided at its four corners with upright posts or Stiles 2, 3, 4 and 5, which are connected at their tops and bottoms by framing pieces or sash strips 6 and 7 which may be of any convenient width and are adapted to receive the glass plates forming the panels S and 9 for the end of the case and a similar plate 10- forminothe rear panel or side of the cabinet. Overying the tops of the posts or Stiles and secured to the latter are the rails forming the sash f or the top plate or panel 11. The forward side of the cabinet is preferably closed by two doors, the meeting edges of which arev the vertical sides l9 supporting the offset. runways 20 on which the carriages 17 travel.`

lhe runways are made T-shape in cross section, as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 4,

The tracks are composed of providing at their upper edges flanges 21 and at the lower edges similar fianges 22. Fach of the carriages 17 is provided with four rollers 23, 24, 25 and 26 which arel grooved circumferentially, a's shown, to embrace the iianges of the runway and serve to guide the carriage and prevent its lateral displacement. Extending upwardly from the forward end of the carriage is the door post 27 which is rigidly secured to the carriage at its lower end and braced by the corner bracket 28. The ost is surmounted by a metal cap 29 provi ed at its rear side with a perforated projection or ear 30 which receives the upper end of a truss rod 31 eX- tending.' therefrom to the rear end of the carriage where it is secured by a bolt 32 ca rria ges passing through an eye formed in its lower end. The length of the carriage is proportioned relatively to the height of the post and the weight of the door carried thereon the 'ones which carry the load and sustain it by engaging opposite sides of the runway 20, and these are spaced sufficiently far apart to prevent any severe cramping action on the track which would tend to bind the carg riage. Under ordinary circumstances the two rollers mentioned would be sun'icient, but it sometimes happens that, when attempting to close the door, an inexperienced person may apply force acting as a leverage to raise its outer end and thus tilt the carriage, in which event the rollers 23 and 25 come into play as stops or guides and by engaging the top and bottom of the runway prevent the inner end of the carriage from being tipped downwardly and itsouter end raised correspondingly. At such a time the tension rod 31 also acts as thrust rod to support the upper end of the post 27. The latter is guided in horizontal position by means of the upwardly extending linger 35, on the cap piece 29, traveling in a channel iron 36 fitted in a groove provided in the side rails 37 of the rectangular top frame of the cabinet, said rails being of suiiicient width to extend inwardly at each end of the casing to accommodate said channel irons and support the latter in alinement above the runways 20. v

In order to provide an arrangement of the parts whereby the doors when opened and inserted in thecabinet may occupy a small space and the supports on which they are mounted arranged in juxtaposition to the end walls of the cabinet, each door is secured to its respective post 27 by specially constructed hinges comprising the long and short leaves 38 and 39 respectively. These hinges are arranged as shown in Figs. 3j, 4 and 5, the longer leaves being secured to the post 27 and projecting forwardly over the hanging stile `12 of the door so that the latter when opened will be in direct alinement with its post 27, as shown in Fig. 5, thus perl mitting the door when pushed into the cabinet to occupy the space provided for the The bottom rail of the door, it will be noticed, is grooved, as indicated at 36a, to accommodatethe runway 20 when the door is in the manner described, so that their pintles are located forwardly of the edge of the post 27 and are also removed from the ed e of the door stile 12, the outer ends 'of te runways may be terminated within the casing in such position that they are hidden from view when the doors are closed without liability of the carriage rollers being disengaged therefrom. Further, the positioning of the hinge joints in this manner also permits the hanging stiles 12 of the doors to be made of suiiicient width so that when the doors are closed the outer edges of said stiles will project laterally beyond the posts and swing into engagement with the edges 40 of the corner Stiles 2 and 3 of the cabinet and thus form tight joints at these points.

In order to limit the outward movement of the door supporting devices I provide at the ends of the top rail 4l downwardly projecting pins .42 with which engage stops 43 on the post caps 29. The stops 43 are formed integrally with the caps and project forwardly therefrom, but are offset to position them at the inner sides of the doors, when the latter are open, as shown in Fig. 5, and vby engagement with the pins 42 limit the outward movement of the door carriages. The pins 42 are accurately positioned to also engage the inner faces of the upper rails 14 of the doors, which latter are provided with wear plates 44, the action of the door thereon being such that as they are rotated on their hinges, they will draw the stops 43 into engagement with the inner sides of the pins, and thus firmly secure the door and prevent any movement thereof in the casing when closed. The pins 42 also perform another function in that they serve as guides for the doors themselves when the latter are moved lengthwise, necessitating the opening of the door to its proper position in alinement with its carriage before an attempt is made to move it into the cabinet.

The display devices on which the goods are supported may be of any desired construction and in the illustration I have shown them as comprising generally a reciprocating carriage 45, guided upon rails 50, 51, secured to the bottom of the cabinet, and carrying an upright post or standard on the upper end of which is revolubly mounted a display rack comprising the head 56 and cross arms 58 and 59 adapted to receive garment hangers, as will be understood.

The cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention posesses the advantage of simplicity in construction and compactits parts and the various movable parts thereof being all mounted on carriages supported entirely by the Hoor of the cabimoved inwardly. By arranging the hinges net, adapts them particularly for use in connection with glass show cases as the manipulation of said parts produces no strain on other parts of the case.

I claim as my1 invention:

1. The combination with a Casin and a door` therefor, of a track extending upwardly from the bottom of the casing having an offset runway, a ,carriage en aging opposite sides of the runway and o set t6 extend above the track'in the plane of the runway and a post surmounting the carriage, a cap on the top of the post, a truss rod connecting the cap and carriage and hinge connections between the door and the post.

2.'The combination with a casing and a door therefor, of a track secured to the oor adjacent one end of the casing having a runway projecting laterally toward said end, and a,I carriage embracing` the runway, and arranged with the upper portion overhanging the track, ,a post on the overhanging portion of the carriage, a hinge connecting the post and door having long and short leaves secured to said parts respectively, l, said door being provided in its inner facev with a grooveadapted to receive the runway.

8. The combination with a casing, a track therein having a laterally projecting,l T- shape runway, and a carriage extending over the top of the track and the side of the runway having grooved wheels mounted thereon, engaging opposite sides of the runway, of a post extending upwardly from the forward end of the carriage in vertical alinement with the track, a bracket connecting the carriage and lower portion of the post, a truss rod connecting the rear end of the carria e and the upper end of the post, a door or the casing located with its hanging stile in frontof and spaced from the post, and a hinge connection between said stile and'posthadapted to permit the door to 'swing into alinement with the post when opened.

4. The combination with a casing, of a door fitted between the floor and the top thereof, adjacent the/ end of the casing, a track on the bottom of the casing having an offset runway, a carriage embracing the latA ter and extending over the track, a ost thereon, a guiding groove in the lower ace of thetop of the casing, a cap secured to the top of the post having a projection guided in said groove, a hinged connection between the door and post, a stop projecting from said cap, and a pin extended from the casing and acting to prevent movement of the post and door into the casing until the door f is/properly opened and coacting with said cap` stop to limit outward movement of the ost.

JOHN HOFMA Witnesses:

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, G. WILLARD RICH. 

